National Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | September 17, 2024
"Our role in this litigation" is about "holding those responsible to account for their actions in the tragedy," said Gupta Wessler principal Matt Wessler.
By Mason Lawlor | September 11, 2024
"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.
By Charles Toutant | August 22, 2024
Jason Mills of Morgan Lewis anticipates that proposed rules to protect workers from the heat will generate strong opposition and legal challenges to them might end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Joanna Jang and Scotty Hoffman | August 16, 2024
Knowing what tools to use, and when to use them, can often lead to a better chance of favorable outcomes for both the injured employee and the employer.
By Colleen Murphy | May 29, 2024
"This was a case of a corporation breaking its promises to keep workers safe and then blaming the worker when a preventable injury occurred," David Schmid of Stark & Stark said in a news release on the settlement. "We always believed this contractor paid lip service to safety and failed to follow its own safety manual and federal safety regulations, and in the end we had the evidence to back it up."
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 21, 2024
Greg Dillard, who has more than two decades of experience in helping clients respond to catastrophic accidents, will lead the team of about 30 lawyers across several offices.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Adam Roseman | April 23, 2024
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—the federal watchdog responsible for ensuring safe and healthful working conditions—has been "raising the heat" on employers when it comes to investigating heat hazards in the workplace during this era of volatile climate change.
By Adolfo Pesquera | February 29, 2024
Frank Burford worked as an aluminum smelter at an Alcoa plant in Rockdale. However, it was his wife Carolyn who died in 2015, allegedly because for 25 years she had been washing her husband's contaminated work clothes.
By Mason Lawlor | February 7, 2024
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By Alex Anteau | August 29, 2023
In their petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals, the defendant-appellants argued the Court of Appeals' holding will cause delays in benefits payments, increased cost of doing business in Georgia and an uptick in litigation.
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